Short Stories Online, Day 42

[tamaranth]

To celebrate the birthday (or so I believe) of a friend I don't see often enough:
'Gryphon Rider', by Cherith Baldry

The tale of a female soldier downed behind enemy lines -- a tale of taming and wild things, too -- this story has Cherith's dry humour, and the pacing is slow and thoughtful.

Comments

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

Yup. I liked this one. (That's about as close to literary criticism as I get!)

I've been reading through the previous stories you've linked to (hence the odd comment on posts from a few weeks ago) 'cos I've got an excess of spare time at work this week. They are mainly Good, occasionally Very Good, although there was that one with the crap ending that I already commented on.